Top War Movies


The Top War Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top War List". Lists are calculated daily.

71. Hell in the Pacific

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune
Plot: A Japanese fighter pilot and an American fighter pilot wash up on a small pacific island and are forced to work together to survive.

72. Megan Leavey

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Actors: Kate Mara, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Common, Edie Falco, Will Patton
Plot: The true story of a young Marine corporal who is charged with cleaning up a K9 unit following a disciplinary hearing. She forms a strong bond with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and turns that bond in to an incredible tour of duty in Iraq where they complete over 100 missions and save countless lives.

73. Da 5 Bloods

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Paul Walter Hauser, Delroy Lindo, Jasper Pääkkönen, Clarke Peters

74. War Horse

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, David Kross, Peter Mullan
Plot: Albert is a young man who has developed a close bond with his horse, Joey. After Joey is conscripted to fight in WWI, Albert, despite being underage, enlists himself in order to make it to the trenches of France and save his friend.

75. Land of Mine ( Under sandet )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Actors: Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Oskar Bökelmann

76. Europa Europa

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski, André Wilms, Ashley Wanninger
Plot: In order to hide his Jewish heritage, a young boy in Nazi Germany joins
the Hitler Youth.

77. White Ribbon, The ( weiße Band, Das )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Marisa Growaldt, Christian Friedel, Mercedes Jadea Diaz
Plot: On the cusp on World War I, a small German village is transformed by fear and suspicion as ominous events, centered around the children of the village, take place.

78. Operation Petticoat

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gavin MacLeod, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Dick Sargent
Plot: A confident captain wants a sub to command finds himself in charge of damaged sub, which is painted pink following a primer problem, and he also has to deal with a bevy of nurses, a con-man/executive officer.

79. Stalingrad

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Martin Benrath
Plot: In the spring of 1942 German troops advanced deep into the Soviet Union, en route to Stalingrad.

80. Cold Mountain

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anthony Minghella
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brendan Gleeson, Natalie Portman
Plot: While a couple falls in love during the Civil War, which neither want to be a part of, the man must battle and fight his way back to North Carolina to be with the women he briefly loved as she waits for him.

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